pothole
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definition
noun
Bats spend the summer living in trees and buildings, and retreat to caves and potholes in winter, to hibernate.
a deep natural underground cavity formed by the erosion of rock, especially by the action of water.
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A prehistoric occupation site was discovered at the bottom of a hollow some 600 sq. m. in area, resulting from the collapse of an underground 'pothole' .
Balanced on a log suspended over a glacial 'pothole' , she is searching the foot-deep water for endangered howellia and their delicate white florets no bigger than her baby finger.
The entire road is a 'pothole' - a red-earth track with occasional rafts of Tarmac which drivers avoid at all costs for fear of wrecking their suspension.
During the hectic work schedule it was hoped they would visit the deepest 'pothole' in Asia, the Ghar Parau, discovered by an English expedition in 1971 which reached 751 metres deep.
The dark hole near Pwll Fanogl, believed by some to be a massive 'pothole' in the limestone, is nearly 30m deep.
The sedge meadow community graded into bluejoint-muhly grass wet prairie along its drier boundaries and prairie 'pothole' marsh where water was deeper.
Pedestrians aren't exactly better off, for they are the ones who get splashed with muddy water every time a vehicle lurches into a 'pothole' .
The second feature is a deep cave or 'pothole' on Wet Rain Hill, just above Liz's Burn, called Bell Hollow.
The front right wheel clattered through a deep 'pothole' filled with dark rain water which splashed up, showering the front of the van.
The refuge's north unit contains the 8,700-acre Medicine Lake, eight smaller lakes, and numerous 'pothole' wetlands.
In the prairie 'pothole' region of the United States, blackbirds damage ripening sunflower crops.
They have just spent four weeks in the Guilin area - close to the Vietnam border - investigating local 'potholes' with a view to identifying a potential show cave.
Tar is soluble in fossil fuels like diesel and petrol and oil spill loosens the road surface and 'potholes' begin to form.
The 4x4 can much more easily deal with his 'potholes' and appalling road surfaces.
Some environmental activists yesterday inspect the Nuanjiang section of the Keelung River, where geologically unique 'potholes' are to be found.
The Bulgarian team investigated, explored and made maps of nine caves and 'potholes' , all of them 4km long.
Huge 'potholes' mar the surface, only half the road per se is motorable, there is no system of demarcated drains and the entire stretch is one filthy mess.
Bats spend the summer living in trees and buildings, and retreat to caves and 'potholes' in winter, to hibernate.
He said that after an assessment has been made, some 'potholes' were usually repaired within 24 hours, but deeper holes could take two or three days or sometimes up to a week.
Drivers were left stranded, surrounded by water, while other cars became stuck in 'potholes' caused by the heavy rain.
He named the Channeled Scablands, with its catastrophically water-carved coulees, dry waterfalls, 'potholes' and huge erratic boulders.
New white lines will be painted, 'potholes' repaired and underground gulleys will be cleared to improve drainage.
Prairie 'potholes' are natural depressions that can be a fifth of an acre up to 500 acres in size.
The valley is wet, the high benches are pocked with 'pothole lakes' , springs, and ponds, and mastodons browse along a braided watercourse snaking across the bottomland at the foot of the cliff.
The rolling hills of northern Wisconsin's glacial kettle moraine are densely forested with hardwoods, birch and aspen and pitted with 'potholes' and lakes.
I settled back into my seat as much as I could as we rolled over the various rocks, 'potholes' , and ruts in the road.
Pavements cracked, 'potholes' grew, water and service charges were imposed and the row over the funding of local authorities has raged ever since.
Some rocky and steep-sided dolines and 'potholes' have been enlarged by progressive collapse of the limestone and retreat of their exposed rock walls.
Waterfowl were available in the larger river valleys, and they are common at prairie 'potholes' .
We had to pass several stretches of road that had deep 'potholes' filled with murky water and big stones.
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